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Performer: Germán Olvera

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GrafeneggFestival-Eröffnung

Grafenegg Kulturbetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Beethoven, Orff
Philharmonia Orchestra; Cristian Măcelaru; Nikola Hillebrand; Nicholas Phan; Germán Olvera; Rudolf Buchbinder

MadridMozart - Las bodas de FígaroNew production

© Manuel Alcorlo
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Stefano Montanari; Robert Carsen; Teatro Real; Christian Schmidt; Luis F Carvalho; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

LondonKazuki Yamada conducts Boulanger and Ravel

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Boulanger, Ravel
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Fleur Barron; Paul Appleby; Germán Olvera; BBC Symphony Chorus

Santa Cruz de TenerifeEl orgullo de quererte

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Carmena: El orgullo de quererte
Alondra de la Parra; Ópera de Tenerife; Albert Boadella; Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife; Coro Titular Ópera de Tenerife-Intermezzo; Martina Cabanas

MadridEl barbero de SevillaNew production

© Manuel Alcorlo
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Giacomo Sagripanti; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro Real; Paolo Fantin; Silvia Aymonino; Fabio Barettin; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

RomeLe nozze di Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian; Claus Guth; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Christian Schmidt; Olaf Winter; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
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Jetske Mijnssen’s Boccanegra a coup for DNO season finale

George Petean (Simon Boccanegra) and Georg Zeppenfeld (Jacopo Fiesco) © Dutch National Opera | Ben van Duin
Everything about this production is fresh and wonderful.
*****
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Glyndebourne’s season opens with Rossini’s Barber of Seville

Germán Olvera (Figaro) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Tristram Kenton
Annabel Arden’s production provides joyous comedy, with vocal and orchestral performances of the very finest.
*****
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Venables We Are the Lucky Ones is the time to be alive at DNO

We Are The Lucky Ones © Dutch National Opera | Koen Broos
Inspired by Annie Ernaux’s The Years, Philip Venables’ new opera widens the canvas to take in the whole of Europe’s postwar generation. 
*****
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Merriment aplenty in Cal McCrystal's Merry Widow at Glyndebourne

Danielle de Niese (Hanna) and cancan dancers © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
Glyndebourne's new production of Lehár's greatest work is interpreted with his customary flair and fun by Cal McCrystal. 
****1
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Showing Orff: a rip-roaring Carmina Burana from Yamada and the CBSO

Kazuki Yamada © BBC | Sisi Burn
Psalm 150 and a collection of outrageous 13th-century texts by boisterous young clergyman collide at the Royal Albert Hall in the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Prom. 
****1
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Oppressively realistic: Alexander Raskatov's Animal Farm

Animal Farm © Ruth Waltz | Dutch National Opera
Alexander Raskatov and Damiano Michieletto turn George Orwell’s fable into an opera of exceptional contemporary relevance.
****1
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AmsterdamSimon BoccanegraNew production

George Petean (Simon Boccanegra) and Georg Zeppenfeld (Jacopo Fiesco) © Dutch National Opera | Ben van Duin
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Fabio Luisi; Jetske Mijnssen; Dutch National Opera; Étienne Pluss; Hannah Clark; Valerio Tiberi; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra